The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts announced the poster for its 2017 edition to be held June 21-25 in Pilton, UK. Glastonbury is one of the most important and prestigious festivals worldwide known for its contemporary music and also for dance, comedy, theater, circus, cabaret and other arts. This year will have more than 100 artistic presentations, where a powerful poster stands out.
The bands that had been well-regarded were Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Ed Sheeran, Katy Perry, The National, Lord, The xx, Phoenix, Justice, Barry Gibb, Chic, The Avalanches, The Flaming Lips, Father John Misty, HAIM, Solange, Run the Jewels, Alt-J, Future Islands, Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals, Goldfrapp, Laura Marling, Warpaint, Mark Lanegan, Ride, First Aid Kit, Royal Blood, DJ Shadow, Angel Olsen, Thundercat, Sampha, BadBadNotGood, London Grammar and Wild Beasts. However, this not all.
The organizers of the concert announced the dates of the event and have published the new bands that will also be present and they are: Liam Gallagher, Fatboy Slim, Charli xx, The Thurston Moore Group, Dropkick Murphys, Billy Bragg, The Pretenders, Dr. Dog, Jon Hopkins, Hamilton Leithauser, Hercules & Love Affair Soundsystem, Mike Skinner (fka The Streets), Whitney, Maggie Rogers, Mura Masa, Toddla T, The Veils, Factory Floor, Jagwar Ma, Lissie , Mykki Blanco, Sad13, Fujiya & Miyagi, Jesca Hoop, Justin Townes Earle and Margo Price.
Despite having undergone modifications, the festival takes place since 1970, being strongly influenced by hippie ethics and the movement of free festivals, having as pioneer the Festival of the Isle of Wight, that counted on the performances of The Who, among others Artists. The first organizer of the festival was Michael Eavis, a farmer in a Somerset valley, who decided to organize the first festival, then called the Pilton Festival, after seeing an outdoor concert of Led Zeppelin at the Blues Festival and progressive music Bath 1970.
